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[Oiltech]

Would work the best to rake up a bunch of small sticks, broken pieces of roots? I just about finished clearing a tree line that is 1050' long. We cut the trees and hauled them with a grapple to a burn pile which really worked well. Then dug up the stumps. In the process of falling the trees, back filling the stump holes and working the dirt I have stick trash all over the ground. Would a 3 point rake work?

 

[foreman Etexas]

I run my root rake over the area and stop in front of a hole I have dug and swing around and push trash in with bucket and head back the other way with root rake to hole have on other side. Depends on how much material and distance how many holes I have and the depth I dig them. The pain part with rake is getting some of the sticks out of between rake tines.

 

[jeff9366]

I like a Ratchet Rake on the FEL bucket.

 

[bigtiller]

I would probably mow them a few times and let them decompose, but I'm not too fussy about things anymore.

 

[f4rm3rj03]

Below are three photos I took on the job earlier in 2013. I was impressed with the rake's ability to get the sticks, leaves, and minor plant growth. The setting that seemed to work best if I recall proper was the rake set perpendicular to tractor travel and 3-point hitch set on float to flow with the uneven ground.

 

[Xfaxman]

:welcome: to TractorByNet!, Farmer Joe :thumbsup:

Looks like the rake did a good job.

 

[Gary Fowler]

Small stuff I don't worry about, mowing will chew them up, grass will grow over them in short time and they wont be visible. Depending on the size of the limbs, Mowing over them with a bush hog usually shreds them small enough so the rot in a few years which is good for the soil.

The problem with a landscape rake is that when it picks up a few sticks, the dirt will no longer shed thru the tines and you end up with a bunch of dirt. This isn't a problem if you are putting them in a hole but if you try to scoop them up with the FEL and grapple to put on a burn pile, you will have more dirt than sticks.The rake would work ok for the bigger stuff if you set it just barely touching the ground. I also had pretty good luck just using the tooth bar on my tractor to back drag the brush into a pile and scoop it up in the FEL (I didn't have a grapple) and with your grapple this should be child's play to pick them up.

 

[swatter]

Below are three photos I took on the job earlier in 2013. I was impressed with the rake's ability to get the sticks, leaves, and minor plant growth. The setting that seemed to work best if I recall proper was the rake set perpendicular to tractor travel and 3-point hitch set on float to flow with the uneven ground. <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=357318"/> <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=357320"/> <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=357321"/>

How do you get a bx 3 point to float? My bx25d has up and down on the 3 point hitch. I don't know of a way to get it to float.

 

[murphy1244]

How do you get a bx 3 point to float? My bx25d has up and down on the 3 point hitch. I don't know of a way to get it to float.

It is always on float. There is no downward force on a 3 point.

 

[Oiltech]

The other issue is all these sticks and roots are mixed in the dirt we are trying to level/spread. I'm going to try my luck with a 72" rake, try to make several small piles and then pick them up with the grapple to a burn pile